File under: Noise Abstract Percussive

Merzbow

Name: Merzbow – Cloud Cock OO Grand (Another Mix)
Brand: Slowdown Records
SKU: SDRSW 62
Price: 12.70 EUR
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Cloud Cock OO Grand (Another Mix)

FormatCDLabelSlowdown RecordsSeriesMerzbow Archive Series / 1991 SeriesGenreExperimental

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This alternate version of legendary Cloud Cock OO Grand material offers fresh perspective on one of Merzbow's most celebrated early-90s works. The title's surrealist absurdity reflects Akita's Dadaist engagement - language pushed beyond sense into pure sonic evocation. "Cloud," "Cock," "Grand" - the words resist logical combination, instead creating irrational poetry.

The existence of multiple mixes raises questions about identity and authenticity in experimental music. If noise is supposed to be raw and unmediated, what does careful mixing and remixing signify? Perhaps the answer is that Merzbow's work has always been more composed than its chaotic surface suggests - these variations reveal the deliberate decisions underlying apparent chaos.

Details

File under: Noise Abstract Percussive

Cat. number: SDRSW 62

Year: 2026

Format

Packaged in a folded paper cover.

Recorded & Mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, Tokyo 1989-1990.

Remastered at Munemihouse, Tokyo 2019.

Originally Released CD on ZSF Produkt 1990.

Later Released CD part of '[r=100630]' 2000.

"Autopussy Go No Go 2" and "Untitled" appeared on the disc Hannover Cloud in the Merzbox in slightly edited forms ("Untitled" as "Untitled Cock").

Release notes

Packaged in a folded paper cover. Recorded & Mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, Tokyo 1989-1990. Remastered at Munemihouse, Tokyo 2019. Originally Released CD on ZSF Produkt 1990. Later Released CD part of '[r=100630]' 2000. (c) Merzbow 2019. "Autopussy Go No Go 2" and "Untitled" appeared on the disc Hannover Cloud in the Merzbox in slightly edited forms ("Untitled" as "Untitled Cock").

Tracklist

1	Spinozaamen	24:08
2	Autopussy Go No Go 2	13:24
3	Untitled	6:18
4	Brain Forest	13:51

Credits

Yasuyuki Nakamura: A&R
Masami Akita: Music By

Soundohm

“The result, while no less intense or demanding than anything before or since, reveals a surprising sense of intimacy and consideration that’s often not easily observed within the field of noise.”

Bradford Bailey

11 February 2023

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